Kinetic switching between two modes of bisurea surfactant self-assembly
Matthijn R. J. Vos, Philippe E. L. G. Leclère, Hugo Meekes, Elias Vlieg, Roeland J. M. Nolte and Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 6063-6065
surfactant aggregate
Abstract
The size and shape of a surfactant aggregate could be altered by using supersaturation like in crystal growth, rather than applying common laws that drive surfactant aggregate formation.